Rolf Harris was sent to prison last year after being convicted for sex offences. Credit: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire

Australia has stripped disgraced entertainer Rolf Harris of his honours bestowed by the country after he was convicted for child sex offences last year.

A statement from the Australian government said the Governor-General had terminated 'the appointments of Officer and Member of the Order of Australia in the General Division' made to Rolf Harris, on 19th February.

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Rolf Harris' victims see his guilty verdict and being believed as a form of justice after the Attorney General decided not to contest the disgraced entertainer's sentence, a child protection expert told Good Morning Britain.

Head of Child Protection Operations for the NSPCC, John Cameron, said despite the controversial sentence Rolf Harris received, his victims had some hope of closure because they had been believed.

One of Rolf Harris' victims expressed her anger over his sentence for sex crimes and described the length of time the disgraced children's entertainer will serve as "an insult".

The woman, who was abused by Harris when she was a small child, told Good Morning Britain the Attorney General's decision not to review the sentence of five years and nine months "sent out the wrong signals".

A victim who gave evidence against Rolf Harris in the case that led to him being jailed for five year and nine month for sex offences has told ITV News that even if the disgraced entertainer died in prison it would not be enough.
Her comments come after the Attorney General's office said that his sentence would not be referred to the Court of Appeal for being unduly lenient.

Part of me just wants him to stay in jail and never come out because even if he stayed in jail until he died, it wouldn't make up for the years and years that all the women - not just all the ones that gave evidence but I am sure other ones - have gone through.
I think in no way does the sentence reflect the gravity of the crimes.